From:
Ben barker
Date:
Apr 28 08:17 UTC
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This isn't about Tescos, but Neighbourhood Partnerships and is especially
directed to Forum members living in Windmill Hill ward. But others can join
in.
As most people know, by the end of 2008 all of Bristol is due to be divided up
into 14 'neighbourhood partnerships'. This is part of a long term process to
decentralise and better coordinate the administration of services at a
neighbourhood level. It will apply not just to BCC services, but other
services such as the police and possibly health. Partnership area will be
made of either two or three wards, ie 20-30,000 people. Setting aside the
point that this is scarcely a 'neighbourhood', there needs to be some
discussion about which wards fit best together.
At one level, this ought not to matter too much, afterall, we must hope that
partnerships will cooperate together: replacing service delivery silos with
geographical ones would be stupid. But, we might as well get it as right as
we can initially.
So, the question is:
Should Windmill Hill ward be joined in the Neighbourhood Partnership including
Knowle and Filwood wards (the current proposal) or in the partnership that's
already functioning and is made up of Bedminster and Southville wards?
I guess it's partly a technical question of public administration, but it's
also an emotional one. Does Windmill Hill feel part of 'Bedminster' or part
of 'Knowle'.
Cheers, Ben.